Technical Recruiter - Early Talent

Posted Friday, December 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM | Expires Monday, January 19, 2026 at 9:59 AM

Based in Western Canada for over 110 years, McElhanney offers innovative and practical engineering, surveying, mapping, planning, landscape architecture, and environmental services. As a 100% employee‑owned and operated firm, with over 1,400 staff members in 31 locations, we are proud to offer qualified staff with shareholding options in our company. At McElhanney, we work in teams to build strong connections with our staff, clients, and local communities.

Our employees enjoy working here because of our varied projects, high levels of autonomy, opportunities for career development, excellent total compensation and benefits package, and collaborating with a team of great professionals.

McElhanney is seeking an experienced and proactive Technical Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team. Reporting to the Talent Acquisition Lead, you will lead the development and execution of our Early Talent Program, drive intern and new graduate hiring initiatives, and build strong partnerships with top engineering schools across Canada. Your work will directly shape McElhanney’s future talent pipeline in a competitive and evolving market.

While this role will initially focus on our Early Talent Program, the successful candidate will also apply their technical recruitment expertise to source and recruit experienced professionals for our various technical disciplines as needed.

This position involves extensive travel for campus events, hiring activities, internal team meetings, and other events. The candidate must be comfortable with this requirement and must have a valid driver’s license. Our preferred locations are Vancouver, BC;
Edmonton, or Calgary, AB but if you’re located near another McElhanney office in Western Canada and believe you’re the right candidate, we’d love to hear from you!

• Design and execute a comprehensive strategy to strengthen our existing early talent program to attract high-potential, diverse candidates from universities, colleges, and technical programs.
• Establish sustainable early talent talent pipelines aligned with long-term organizational growth and talent needs.
• Partner with hiring teams to understand talent needs and critical competencies for their teams, ensuring early talent programs meet future skill requirements.

• Plan and manage campus recruitment initiatives, including scholarships, internships, co-op programs, and graduate hiring.
• Build strong relationships with university career centers, professors, student organizations, and alumni networks in relevant technical fields.
• Actively participate in campus events such as career fairs, presentations, information sessions, networking events, and interviews.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for campus hires, from sourcing and screening to interviewing and offer negotiations.

• Partner with hiring managers to understand team objectives and technical requirements, delivering a seamless hiring experience.
• Facilitate regular communication and feedback loops with stakeholders to continuously improve hiring processes.

• Champion an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Act as a brand ambassador for McElhanney, effectively promoting our EVP, culture, and career opportunities.
• Collaborate with our Marketing & Communications teams to create engaging recruitment marketing content for job postings, social media, and campus materials.

• Prepare and analyze key early talent recruitment metrics such as campus engagement rates, application-to-hire ratios, time-to-fill, and diversity representation.
• Track conversion rates from internships and co-op programs to full-time hires to measure program effectiveness.
• Provide regular insights on early talent trends and program performance, using data to optimize future campus recruitment initiatives.

• Be flexible and adapt to evolving hiring needs across early…